... hard to comprehend the suppressive nature of 19th century society, the way in which women were regarded and the subservient roles that they played. Many of the authors and poets of that time used literature as a means of addressing, analyzing and satirizing the social conventions of the 19th ... between their personal convictions and social convention and in some cases the extremes of this social prejudice do adversely affect people. In delving into these themes these authors provide their fictional characters as a guide and example of the true society in which they occupied. In Langton'...

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